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Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
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Wolf

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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zeeb . The Canis lupus . Fierce (Genesis 49:27; Ezekiel 22:27; Habakkuk 1:8; Matthew 7:15); prowling in the night (Jeremiah 5:6; Zephaniah 3:3); devouring lambs and sheep (John 10:12); typifying persecutors and heretical leaders (Matthew 10:16; Matthew 7:15; Acts 20:29); hereafter about to associate peacefully with the lamb under Messiah's reign (Isaiah 11:6; Isaiah 65:25). Tawny in color in Asia Minor.

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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Wolf'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​w/wolf.html. 1949.
 
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